Crowd Control
The Crowd Control topic focuses on the difficult task of controlling large groups of people with a limited number of police officers and resources. The police crowd control articles and tips in this section focus on strategy, policy, planning and tactics that can help quell a riled-up crowd and riot gear — helmets and shields — that will keep them safe in the process.
Law enforcement must be prepared for the worst when a controversial verdict is read, protestors become violent or a sports team wins a championship and the celebration spills to the streets.
Decisions to use force, especially deadly force, are unquestionably the most critical an officer will ever make
Are you prepared to respond if essential buildings such as city hall, courthouses and police stations are overrun by protesters?
Follow this philosophy whether responding to a riot or supporting a search warrant
Protesters marched in Los Angeles streets for a second night over the fatal OIS of Carnell Snell Jr.
Several hundred people gathered peacefully to hear speeches by religious leaders and then marched through the streets to police headquarters
Alfred Olango ran afoul of the law several times in the years before death: selling cocaine, driving drunk, and illegally possessing a 9mm semi-automatic handgun
Competing rallies could have left residents with the difficult choice of who to support, but some said Tuesday it was possible to back both police and the slain man
The son of a police officer, Brent Vinson’s future now hangs in the balance as authorities determine whether he was justified in killing Keith Lamont Scott
A group of around 100 demonstrators gathered across the street from the stadium to protest the death of Keith Lamont Scott
Doug and Jim discuss how police leaders can prepare for the worst, which could be just one controversial incident away
Calls for police use of force transparency overlook the real risk to public safety personnel by releasing the video
Donations from lemonade stands, change jars at local businesses, a country star-studded concert and other fundraising efforts have totaled nearly $10 million
Activist Ken Nwadike approached some of the officers in formation and embraced them
Protesters took to the streets for a third night but were largely peaceful
Mayhem in another American city continues as pushers of false narratives infect the national narrative and invade vulnerable cities to commit acts of terror on the streets
Meanwhile, one protester who was shot during Wednesday’s protest died Thursday, according to officials
The second night of violent protests added Charlotte to the list of U.S. cities that have erupted in violence after officer-involved shootings
A black police officer shot an armed black man Tuesday, authorities said, prompting angry street protests late into the night
Hip hop artist Jay Electronica called for people to join him on stage
A car struck a parked, unoccupied police vehicle, pushing it onto a lawn where it struck several people picnicking before the concert
Online court records show multiple charges against Sylville Smith dating back to 2013, ranging from minor charges to felonies
A crowd of protesters skirmished with police Saturday night, setting fire to a police car and torching a gas station
Police Chief David Brown told the organizer of the demonstration that holding such events downtown poses a tactical threat to officers
Gunfire broke out during a demonstration in Ferguson Tuesday night
Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson sued the city of Baton Rouge and police officials Thursday, saying officers responded in a “militarized and aggressive manner” in arresting him
Demonstrators have been camping outside the governor’s residence since July 7, a day after Philando Castile was shot and killed
During five days of mostly tame demonstrations, police made just 23 arrests
Police took about a dozen people into custody Wednesday evening as scuffles broke out
Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich rebuffed a request by the head of the Cleveland police union to suspend the open carry law during the convention
Assistant prosecutor posted on Facebook that people assaulting police officers in Baltimore should be shot
During the rally participants sang “Amazing Grace” and prayed
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